Gihembe camp - 24 February 2016: The UNHCR Representative, the Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR) along with District Officials, visited Gihembe camp to celebrate the ...

GIHEMBE, Rwanda, April 10 (UNHCR) - Jacqueline swiftly navigates through dozens of fussing hens before swooping down and deftly grabbing one flapping fowl. Although the henhouse is dimly lit, the ...

British Hollywood actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw met with refugees this week in Rwanda’s Mahama and Gihembe refugee camps, on her first trip with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Rwanda has been hosting ...

KIGALI, Rwanda (GPI)--“I was born in Congo and fled my country when I was a very little girl,” says Jeanine Kaneza, 20, a refugee at Gihembe refugee camp in Rwanda’s Northern province. “I was ...

Congolese refugees at Gihembe Refugee Camp may be relocated to pave way for the construction of Byumba Polytechnic Institute (IPB) campus, The New Times has learnt. According to the campus management, ...

Over 12,500 Congolese refugees in Gihembe camp in Gicumbi district have committed to embrace income generating activities following the recent 25 per cent reduction in food rations. When Filippo ...

Rwanda National Police has told Congolese refugees to adhere to the country’s laws on Gender Based Violence (GBV). The call was made yesterday by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vianney Nshimiyimana ...

Howard G. Buffett, an American philanthropist, has pledged to help Congolese refugees currently living the country's camps repatriate. Buffett made the pledge yesterday at Gihembe Refugee Camp in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Claudette Uwera cried tears of frustration every day because she couldn’t communicate with her classmates at Olmsted Academy South. “I didn’t know how to say hi,” said Uwera, ...

When Lucy Mbabazi, now 35, first visited a refugee camp in Rwanda in 2012, she realized her mother was right: It's easy to get lost. The small, identical mud huts, she recalls, stood close together ...